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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII
NOAA - NHC ^ | 29 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

Posted on 08/29/2005 2:47:45 AM PDT by NautiNurse

Category 4 Hurricane Katrina is approaching landfall in Eastern Louisiana. At 4:00AM EDT the storm's center was about 90 miles south of New Orleans.

The following links are self-updating:

Public Advisory Currently published every 3 hours 5A, 8A, 11A, 2P, etc. ET
NHC Discussion Published every six hours 6A, 11A, 6P, 11P
Three Day Forecast Track
Five Day Forecast Track
Navy Storm Track
Katrina Track Forecast Archive Nice loop of each NHC forecast track for both three and five day
Forecast Models
Alternate Hurricane Models via Skeetobite
Bouy Data Louisiana/Mississippi

Buoy Data Florida

Lake Ponchartrain Real Time Water Level

Wind Speed Data

Images:


New Orleans/Baton Rouge Experimental Radar Subject to delays and outages - and well worth the wait

Mobile Long Range Radar Loop

New Orleans/Baton Rouge Radar

Ft. Polk, LA Long Range Radar Loop

Northwest Florida Long Range Radar

Storm Floater IR Loop
Storm Floater Still & Loop Options
Color Enhanced IR Loop

Other Resources:



Hurricane Wind Risk Very informative tables showing inland wind potential by hurricane strength and forward motion
Central Florida Hurricane Center
New Orleans Web Cams Loads of web cam sites here. The sites have been very slow due to high traffic
New Orleans Music Online Couldn't resist--love that jazz
Golden Triangle Weather Page Nice Beaumont weather site with lots of tracks and graphics
Hurricane City
Crown Weather Tropical Website Offers a variety of storm info, with some nice track graphics


Live streaming:

Cut and Paste:

http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=beloint_khou&props=livenoad

Fully-linked version of the live feeds (just in case a few people don't want to first open up WMP to cut-and-paste) -

WWL-TV/DT New Orleans (WMP) - mms://beloint.wm.llnwd.net/beloint_wwltv
WVTM-TV/DT Birmingham (WMP) - mms://a1256.l1289835255.c12898.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/

1256/12898/v0001/reflector:35255
WDSU-TV/DT New Orleans (WMP) - http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38202.asx
Hurricane City (Real Player) - http://hurricanecity.com/live.ram
ABCNews Now (Real Player) - http://reallive.stream.aol.com/ramgen/redundant/abc/now_hi.rm
WKRG-TV/DT

Mobile (WMP) - mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast

.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_aug262005_1435_95518 WDSU-TV/DT New Orleans via WESH-TV/DT Orlando - http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38843.asx


Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part V
Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part IV
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III
Katrina Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm 12

Category Wind Speed Barometric Pressure Storm Surge Damage Potential
Tropical
Depression
< 39 mph
< 34 kts
    Minimal
Tropical
Storm
39 - 73 mph
34 - 63 kts
    Minimal
Hurricane 1
(Weak)
74 - 95 mph
64 - 82 kts
28.94" or more
980.02 mb or more
4.0' - 5.0'
1.2 m - 1.5 m
Minimal damage to vegetation
Hurricane 2
(Moderate)
96 - 110 mph
83 - 95 kts
28.50" - 28.93"
965.12 mb - 979.68 mb
6.0' - 8.0'
1.8 m - 2.4 m
Moderate damage to houses
Hurricane 3
(Strong)
111 - 130 mph
96 - 112 kts
27.91" - 28.49"
945.14 mb - 964.78 mb
9.0' - 12.0'
2.7 m - 3.7 m
Extensive damage to small buildings
Hurricane 4
(Very strong)
131 - 155 mph
113 - 135 kts
27.17" - 27.90"
920.08 mb - 944.80 mb
13.0' - 18.0'
3.9 m - 5.5 m
Extreme structural damage
Hurricane 5
(Devastating)
Greater than 155 mph
Greater than 135 kts
Less than 27.17"
Less than 920.08 mb
Greater than 18.0'
Greater than 5.5m
Catastrophic building failures possible


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; livehurricanekatrina; tropical; weather
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To: maineman

Chalmette HS? They are on the second floor...the first floor is flooded


3,541 posted on 08/29/2005 11:47:16 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: numberonepal

The house may be gone, but you're still here.

I'd say that's not a bad thing. Houses can be rebuilt but science has yet to figure out how to replace a person.


3,542 posted on 08/29/2005 11:47:20 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Trust but Verify

Not true.

If you're protecting the public good, you have the defense of public necessity. If you're protecting your own life or that of a third party, you have the defense of private necessity.

The diference amounts to, that in private necessity, you have to reimburse the owner, public necessity you don't.


3,543 posted on 08/29/2005 11:47:33 AM PDT by Maximum Leader (run from a knife, close on a gun)
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How high can Lake Poncetrain go before overflowing the levies? The "real time link" shows it is 6.75" over normal in the lake center and rising fast. Anyone familiar with this area?


3,544 posted on 08/29/2005 11:47:43 AM PDT by Jack Black
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To: spectre
We're going to cancel our trip to the Gulf Coast next Monday.

Come to Vegas! It's hot & dry here! lol

3,545 posted on 08/29/2005 11:48:04 AM PDT by the Deejay ((THE LADY DEEJAY))
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To: Uncle Ike

He's still alive. He had a little thing earlier but nothing major since then.


3,546 posted on 08/29/2005 11:48:14 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: VeniVidiVici
"After Charlie, some folks here in FL in more remote areas were without power for weeks.

Louisiana's a little slower on the infrastructure thing. I'm in a relatively large community in Louisiana, (Lafayette). We took the eye of Lillie in 2002, and my power was out for about three weeks.

3,547 posted on 08/29/2005 11:48:30 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum.)
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To: Jack Black

ABC2 showing flooding on Veterans Blvd....the Ponchetrain flooding


3,548 posted on 08/29/2005 11:48:52 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: ElisabethInCincy

If I didn't know he was in a hurricane, I swear it someone making a joke. It's definately a keeper!


3,549 posted on 08/29/2005 11:49:01 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: the Deejay

It sure is!


3,550 posted on 08/29/2005 11:49:21 AM PDT by EX52D
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To: Dog Gone

"It's hard to believe, but I don't think there's been a reported fatality yet. Doesn't mean it hasn't happened, but I find it awfully encouraging so far."

I've only heard of 3 deaths so far - they were old people who died as a result of trying to moving them from NO to BR.


3,551 posted on 08/29/2005 11:49:47 AM PDT by LibSnubber (Lafayette, LA........PRAYER AGAINST STORMS on my homepage)
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To: All
Homeland Security Chief Terry Ebbert estimates it may take a month to get power back to everyone in New Orleans.

Councilman Oliver Thomas said he had received 120 distress calls from people in the Ninth Ward trapped by the storm. He said crews can not get to these people until hurricane force winds cease, the guess for that time frame is about 2 p.m.

Karen Swensen reports that Charity Hospital lost its windows on the 4th floor and that patients are being huddled in the hallways.

Senator Walter Boasso of St. Bernard Parish says there is 12 feet of water in most of the parish, up to the second floor in many homes.

Reports of 3-4 feet of water in Lakeview.

Apartment building on Wright Avenue in Terrytown has collapsed with people inside, according to Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee. Rescue crews have not been able to get to the scene as of 9:30 a.m.

3,552 posted on 08/29/2005 11:50:13 AM PDT by Smogger
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To: MamaB
I can't get on the Mobile Register's website.

WPMI TV reports:

WPMI NBC 15 is temporarily off the air. We were broadcasting on generator power, but a lightning hit took us off the air. Tune in to LiteMix 99.9, 95 WKSJ and other clear channel stations.

WPMI has a blog from the newsroom here, but it doesn't say much about conditions outside. The last update:

8/29/05 - 9:58 a.m.

Wow...what a turn of events. Sandra, Jim and I have relocated to the Clear Channel Radio building on Broadcast Drive. We're taking part in Chris Smith and Mary Booth's broadcast that is going out over all Clear Channel radio stations. About an hour ago while we were on the air and under a tornado warning, our generator caught fire and shook the newsroom. Everyone in the building had just heard the tornado warning announced, so all the people upstairs were evacuated down to the level of the station that is partially underground. The end result is that everyone is safe, but the generator is shot and the station is powerless. I don't know how long we'll be here or how long the station will be off the air, but hopefully arrangements can be made to get us back on the air as soon as possible.

I'll update more when I can.


WKRG TV (CBS) has a live feed, if someone wants to monitor it.

I'll keep looking.
3,553 posted on 08/29/2005 11:50:20 AM PDT by conservative in nyc
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To: MozartLover

You can count on it!


3,554 posted on 08/29/2005 11:50:28 AM PDT by Guenevere (God bless our military!...and God bless the President of the United States!)
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To: LibSnubber

I would expect many more fatalities to be reported as the day and night progresses.


3,555 posted on 08/29/2005 11:50:46 AM PDT by cwiz24 (I worked very hard on this tagline.)
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To: LibSnubber

http://www.nola.com/forums/stbtownhall/


3,556 posted on 08/29/2005 11:51:10 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: LibSnubber

I sure would like to know if they got to the 20 people hanging on telephone poles.


3,557 posted on 08/29/2005 11:51:37 AM PDT by GOP_Proud (Those who preach tolerance most, have the least for my views.)
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To: SoothingDave

"It is NEVER permissable to help yourself to other people's property." ~~Inspector Javert, pursuer of Jean Valjean.


3,558 posted on 08/29/2005 11:51:49 AM PDT by Palladin (America! America! God shed His grace on Thee.)
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To: Chesterbelloc

Oh thank you.


3,559 posted on 08/29/2005 11:51:50 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: rwfromkansas

God didn't build NO below sea level on the Gulf of Mexico.


3,560 posted on 08/29/2005 11:51:58 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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